*spoilers all books* Dragon Haven, Enjoy it? Hate it?

[londonlassie]

I loved Dragon Haven, same as Dragon Keeper. The characters for me were works of art - maybe not all of them, but Sedric and Alise definitely come into my list of favourite characters, Leftrin was enjoyable, the Thymara-Sintara relationship had me alternately annoyed and rolling with laughter, the cameo from Paragon had me squealing with happiness

I adored reading about them. Thymara I liked in the same way as I liked Althea in LST - I enjoyed her passages, but she frequently irritated me even though it wasn't enough to make me dislike her. Just like LST, the Dragon books had such a vibrant cast of characters that you couldn't help but identify or symapthise with at least one of them. And the 'villains' were fun to read about, too. I desperately wanted Greft to get what he deserved, and loved watching Alise and Sedric free themselves from Hest. And I cheered when Sedric and Carson finally got together at the end.

I loved that there was such a nice homosexual pairing in this book as well, rather than having it be portrayed as something so negative like in LST. And it was nice to have them actually make a move and be happy together, rather than just having the whole unrequited Fitz & Fool dynamic, or the will-they-won't-they thing that kept me reading through most of LST...yes, Kennit and Wintrow, I'm talking to you.
They were so normal and lacking in problems and baggage - or at least, Carson was. It made for a refreshing read.

I was a bit disappointed that Thymara and Tats didn't end up together, though, but Thymara's reasons were understandable and Tats was acting like a twit. That said, it makes me so happy just to pair everybody off, which was way easier in LST than in the Dragon books.

And it was nice that Rapskal didn't die. He's adorable in a stupid kind of way and there would've been much more brooding and much less comic relief without him.

The whole "I am dragon, hear me roar" thing did continue to annoy me just a little. I'm not big on arrogant, self-obsessed characters, and Sintara was nothing if not that. Mercor was so much more pleasant. But I liked most of the protagonists enough to not be too bothered by Sintara, even though she made me rant more than once.